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Alleged $100m Bribe: Seplat Sues Publishers, Demands N200bn Damages 

by Kunle Olasanmi
3 years ago
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A Nigerian independent energy company, Seplat Energy Plc.,   has sued two online publishers, Persecond News Limited and Street Journal Limited, over alleged libel.

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The firm, according court processes obtained by LEADERSHIP, has also asked the court to order each of the news platform to pay N100 billion in general and exemplary damages.

Persecondnews and Street Journal had in the wake of the controversy that trailed President Buhari’s approval of the $1.28 billion sale of the entire ExxomMobil USA shares in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU) to Seplat Energy, alleged it could “authoritatively report” that a $100 Million was given to bribe some top government officials “with a view to compromising the process leading to the point where the purported approval was announced on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari”.

However, in the court process filed at the Imo State High Court, Seplat had promptly denied the allegation saying, “Such reports are wholly untrue and the Company will pursue legal action against any parties involved in disseminating false information related to its business”.

Consequently, in a suit marked HOW/901/2022, which has Perseconds News Limited, Olufemi Sonoye, Dr. Olu Cole, Samantha Fox, Nkechi Sonoye, Akinsola Olakunle Ayodele, and Stella Igwe as Defendants, and another lawsuit marked HOW/902/2022, which has Street Journal Limited, Bowale Oluwole Arisekola, Felix Olokede, and Arisekola Morenike Olatun as Defendants, Seplat seeks a declaration by the court that the report identically titled “Seplat/ExxonMobil $100 Million Bribery Gate: Heads may roll as President Buhari orders investigation”, by both news platforms in their Wednesday, August 10, 2022 editions amounted to a libel against the energy firm.

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Seplat, according to the court papers, also seeks an order directing each of the news stables to publish retractions of the said publication in a prominent part of two national newspapers and their respective news platforms “with a written apology” to their firm.

Meanwhile, the trial judge, Justice K.A Leweanya has made an order directing both parties to maintain the status quo pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.

 


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